Ellendale first 100 MW HPC facility
Company: Applied Digital - Project: Polaris Forge 1
What the later record shows
Not a promise: a reported event · happened May 31, 2024
The claim reports a groundbreaking that had already happened in the prior fiscal year, which ended May 31, 2024. The exact date is not given, so the fiscal year end is used.
“Initiated construction on a 100 MW AI Data Center in Ellendale, ND — with expansion capacity up to 1 GW”
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Checked October 9, 2026 against filings, releases and reporting published after the claim was made. Quotes are verbatim from the linked documents.
The claim, verbatim
Company broke ground on its first 100 MW HPC facility in Ellendale, North Dakota in prior fiscal year
Source (primary)
Earnings Release (IR page (ir.applieddigital.com), earnings_call)
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Quote: “During the prior fiscal year, the Company broke ground on its first 100 MW HPC facility in Ellendale, North Dakota.”
How we checked this
Checked on October 10, 2026. The cited source supports every part of this claim.
The release states that during the prior fiscal year the Company broke ground on its first 100 MW HPC facility in Ellendale, North Dakota.
Confirmed in the source:
- The Company broke ground on its first 100 MW HPC facility
- The facility is in Ellendale, North Dakota
- Groundbreaking occurred during the prior fiscal year
What we did: Read our cached copy of IR page (ir.applieddigital.com) (https://ir.applieddigital.com/news-events/press-releases/detail/121/applied-digital-reports-fiscal-third-quarter-2025-results/) in full (33,113 characters, retrieved September 1, 2026) and checked each assertion in the claim against it.
Additional evidence
confirms Earnings Release
Quote: “During the prior fiscal year, the Company broke ground on its first 100 MW HPC facility in Ellendale, North Dakota.”
confirms Earnings Release
Quote: “broke ground on its first 100 MW HPC facility in Ellendale, North Dakota. The new 369,000+ square-foot building”
confirms Earnings Release
Quote: “broke ground on its first 100 MW HPC facility in Ellendale, North Dakota. The new 369,000+ square-foot building”